2011-07-15, 05:22 | Link #42 |
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Spoiler for Little long for what I need to say:
You know, you sir are my hero. I've been going around saying that for five years. But, more on topic, yes no one will spill the full beans about 9/11 cuz it would be a bureaucratic nightmare. The U.S. essentially made bin Laden, so even with just that someone, somewhere should've gotten their balls kicked in for making the suggestion. Also I mean really, why are people still hung up on this? If someone ever finds out the "truth" about 9/11 he either won't live to speak it or his credibility will be so effed up no one will believe him. Just the facts ma'am..
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2011-07-15, 06:44 | Link #43 |
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As a general rule of thumb, any conspiracy theory or documentary presented as factual on the mass media (and that includes any utube vid over 10 minutes long because something that long has to be officially recognized) is made of nothing but pure crap for the intention of scaring an audience into believing something for the benefit of someone else. By the end of the day, the guys making these films are out to make money, and considering how tightly controlled/connected the mass media is to the government, I highly doubt that anything that would compromise the politicians would show up on the silver screens. Otherwise, Wikileaks wouldn't be getting so much hate from officials.
So to sum it up, take everything you see on TV, newspapers, cinemas with a rather large dose of salt, nvm a grain. |
2011-07-15, 06:47 | Link #44 |
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When considering all Conspiracy theories, you only need to ask yourself one thing:
Is this more easily explained by people being incompetence, or people being evil? A second question you should ask: How many people have to keep the secret for this conspiracy to hold up without whistle blowers. A third question: Is there a less costly way to achieve the goals of the conspiracy? On all counts 9/11 truth fails. It's easy to explain the failures surrounding 9/11 with incompetence, people make mistakes all the time, and the engineers didn't put that much effort into building a building that withstand a head on collision from an aircraft. Secondly, too many people would have been required for this conspiracy to work. Much smaller conspiracies have been destroyed by whistleblowers. Look at Iran Contra. The US government isn't that good at keeping a secret Thirdly, the goals of this operation could have been much more easily achieved by them bombing a lower value target. There's no need to something so extraordinary as fly planes into a building. Most conspriacies aren't particularly magnificent, but are petty things ( a lot of them are just price fixing...) |
2011-07-15, 06:56 | Link #45 |
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There are a lot of false flag operations carried out through out history and the US had some of the most lavishing ones.
One of the most interesting false flag operation that was seriously considered by the US was Operation Northwoods where it had written approval of the Chairman and every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to falsify a missile attack on a commercial airliner filled with CIA operatives by the Cubans. Here is an interesting vid; Here are some other examples of False flag operations or Pseudo-operations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_f...udo-operations So there is really a very blurried line between conspiracy theories and false flag so I suggest everyone examine the facts closely so not to be duped. |
2011-07-15, 09:49 | Link #47 |
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This is going to be like the Pearl Harbor conspiracy theory isn't it? Give it a rest. What happened happened. Did people know an attack was coming, yes. Did they know by who, yes. Did they know how, yes. Did they know where, no. Did they know when, not really.
Knowing you are under threat and by who does not make it a conspiracy when you get attacked. Especially when you don't know when you will be attacked, nor where you will be attacked. If you knew those things you could prevent the attack entirely, or at least have a defense in mind when it arrived (see Battle of Britain). This country still operates under the law, and the law is that you are innocent until proven guilty, and you cannot be charge of a crime you have not yet committed. We also have had thousands of foreigners that train how to become pilots in this country. And thousands more that go to our schools for other things. We've also had many, many terrorists pass our borders that were not stopped because we either did not know they were terrorists, or because our border has more holes in it than swiss cheese. The later is the more likely since we think of ourselves as a free country and people come here all the time. Especially before 9/11. Most of those terrorists didn't do anything. Some got trained by our people, then left for home...to terrorize someone else...either one of our allies, or one of our enemies. Some were not actually terrorists yet, but became terrorists after some event that pushed them over the edge...or, in their mind, forced them to become a "freedom fighter"...fighting for their homeland, rather than terrorizing someone elses. So for conspiracy theories....I call bullshit. Simply because you can't know everything in advanced, and you can't stop what you cannot predict. Hindsight is 20/20...but looking into the future is Nearsighted at best. Sure you could pick out ways they could have or should have caught these guys, but people do that with battles from wars all the time...the "he should have turned that flank and he would have won" theories. The simple truth is that what happened happened, and those in place at the time, could not see everything you see or you think they could see. You learn this when you study History.
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2011-07-15, 11:45 | Link #49 |
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Everyone came to this thread with very strong opinions on the subject, but i didn't calculate that everyone wou,d just assume this was another conspiracy video, out of the many out there already, and start bashing the subject without even bothering to watch the video.
Do you think i would just post about 911 without anything interesting to share? Of course i know abou t 911 conspiracies. Hower, this video is not a conspiracy therory film. All it does is present you with a lot of factual information and connect the dots. I beg all of you to please watch it before commenting on the subject as this video will offer you a new perspective on 911. |
2011-07-15, 12:22 | Link #50 |
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I've watched the first Chapter on Doctor Graham, very interesting stuff Sugetsu.
I'll have to watch this piecemeal since it's over 2 hours, but I let you know what I think overall once I finish it. I'm open to new information about 9/11 because I don't believe the 9/11 Commission's Report is complete, nor accurate. Like I said already. I don't think our government was directly responsible for this attack. Now, if you ask me if they took advantage of the situation to implement more police state laws, then I have no choice but to answer truthfully and say YES they did.
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2011-07-15, 15:39 | Link #53 | |
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This documentary wasn't made in somebody's Mon's basement if you get what I mean. It took 5 years to make and collect a huge amount of exclusive footage, audio, documents, witnesses and testimony, most of which is exclusive and has never been mentioned in conspiracy theories or the media. Well I am done trying to sell you the video. I hope I sparked your interest, if not... All I can tell you is that you won't be in the loop because there is a lot of new stuff in there. |
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2011-07-15, 15:43 | Link #54 |
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If you want to sell something and get people interested, you need to provide your own commentary and thoughts on your issues. Not just any thoughts, but detailed thoughts and analysis, so even if people disagree, there's something to talk about. Otherwise you can't ask people to spend lots of time on something like that.
Burden on the thread starter, sadly.
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2011-07-15, 15:51 | Link #55 |
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You are right. It is wrong of me to expect that everyone would just want to watch the documentary without me giving my own analysis first. I'll edit my first post later.
I just feel that if I analyse this stuff I will deter people from viewing it since I already went over the entire thing myself, which would lead to people making assumptions based on my comments instead of the source itself. |
2011-07-15, 15:59 | Link #56 |
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That's not an unreasonable fear, though, you may always use spoiler tags, or post about it in a later post, linking to such. If you've put that kind of effort in, then all there's left to do is sit back and watch the thread grow; that's out of your control though, so no big deal.
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2011-07-15, 16:24 | Link #58 |
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Not quite, I am not claiming that those people are evil, nor does the documentary. But I am sure you well know that there are powerful people who indeed fly under radar of the public eye and end up dictating policy at the highest levels. Those people are not subjected to scrutiny and usually don't abide by the same laws. Those people are namely CEO's and some lobbyists.
Have you heard of Grover Norquist yet? I you haven't I suggest you do. That's just but one example. |
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Fareed Zakaria highlighted this issue in one of his books (The Future of Freedom), dated 2003-2004. Now, the subtitle of the book is "Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad". He showcased the role of lobbyists and money in US politics. After that book, yeah, US "freedom" just got devalued in my eyes.
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